A large genomic study of children with cleft lip and/or palate finds that common genetic variants do not explain the ...

Conventional investigations of the genetic contributors to Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk and progression have ignored the role of the X-chromosome, primarily due to technical analysis limitations. To ...

New data from the 8,660-participant ROPAD cohort corroborate that ITSN1 loss-of-function variants raise Parkinson's disease ...

Increased risk for autism appears to be linked to the Y chromosome, a Geisinger Health System study has found, offering a new explanation for the greater prevalence of autism in males. The results are ...

Dormant genes on the X chromosome may reawaken in old age, potentially giving the aging female brain a boost that the male brain doesn't receive. This phenomenon may help to explain why, on many ...

In men, that trace may be a missing Y chromosome in cells that still look perfectly normal, new research shows. That was the ...

A study in mice suggests how chromosome inactivation may protect girls from a type of autism disorder inherited from their father's X chromosome. Females inherit two copies of the X chromosome, one ...

A study from Karolinska Institutet shows that genetic testing can identify germline predisposition underlying childhood ...

A hallmark of cancerous cells is an abnormal number of chromosomes or chromosome arms, known as aneuploidy. While aneuploidy is detrimental to regular cells, it occurs in as many as 90% of tumors. How ...

National genetic projects are important but they must have local expertise, responsible data governance and sustained ...